dictatorship
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The legitimacy of Kim's dictatorship rests heavily on his "Mount Paektu" bloodline - a lineage tied to the mythical founder of the Korean people.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The contemporary Falangist movement in Spain explicitly borrows its name and iconography from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
In this heart-sore and compassionate investigation of unresolved pain, director Marialuisa Ernst makes a parallel between their plight and how her uncle’s disappearance during Argentina’s dictatorship affected her family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
We're not going to end a dictatorship with poetry.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
I would have consented to live under the most rigid type of dictatorship, for I felt that dictatorships, too, defined the use of men, however degrading that use might be.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
“In 5,000 years, if you look back, there have been dictatorships, monarchies, autocrats, republics. Nothing is newer or more modern.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But at the same time, even under the cruelest dictatorships, it has still managed to produce fine literature.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Mr Ahmed also said the OfS was "ready to act" to punish universities for not protecting academics and students from harassment and intimidation from foreign dictatorships.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
Actual dictatorships are messy and chaotic, not the smooth, efficient states of the techno-fascist imagination.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025
Consider: The United States has been instrumental in the overthrow of truly genocidal dictatorships.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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